Epiffany Henry is a native of Alabama and currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Adult Diversion for Fulton County’s District Attorney’s Office. Epiffany has over 15 years of experience providing exceptional case management services and knowledge in the field of criminal justice.
Epiffany is a proud graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, “war eagle” where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology. She also obtained a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology from Argosy University in Dunwoody, Georgia. Epiffany holds a Georgia POST certification from the Georgia Corrections Academy Tift College. Epiffany moved to Georgia in 2008 to start her public servant career in the field of criminal justice and has proudly served the citizens of the State of Georgia with integrity since such time.
Prior to joining the administration of Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Wills, Epiffany made history after joining the United States’ first entirely African American woman led court team serving as the Director of Pre-Trial Diversion for the City of South Fulton’s Municipal Court in 2018. As the Programs and Probation Manager with the City of South Fulton’s Municipal Court, Epiffany created a robust and innovative diversionary program and several rehabilitative community programs for first time offenders, helping to the push the needle of true criminal justice reform in the City of South Fulton.
Epiffany served as a Community Supervision Officer (Probation/Parole) and Behavioral Health Counselor for the Department of Community Supervision since 2011. As a community supervision officer, Epiffany held the titles of Sex Offender Officer, Mental Health Officer, Court Officer, and Behavioral Health Counselor, serving the Superior Courts of DeKalb County, Fulton County and Clayton County. Other responsibilities held while working with the State of Georgia included testifying as an expert witness and providing case management skills in the areas of Accountability Courts that provided Drug, Mental Health, and Veterans services.
Epiffany also has extensive experience providing therapeutic treatment both in the private and public sectors. While working in the private and public sectors, Epiffany provided individual and family clinical supervision treatment and connected these members of the community with wraparound services while facilitating group and individual therapeutic sessions under the directive of a licensed psychiatrist. Epiffany learned early in her career the importance of accurate, fair, firm, consistent and transparent case management skills in the field of criminal justice, after obtaining her first post undergraduate studies employment with Lee County Youth Development Center in Opelika, Alabama. In this position, Epiffany selflessly served a juvenile population that had a diagnosis of a serious mental illness. Epiffany personally believes in the motto “no one cares what you know, until they know you care”. She strives daily to serve with integrity, transparency and believes in providing the highest level of customer service to her community while showing that she truly cares.
Epiffany is the proud mother of one daughter and proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc since 2004. Epiffany looks forward to proudly serving the Courts and citizens of Fulton County.